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Eudene Adcock

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Eudene Adcock

Birth
Neshoba County, Mississippi, USA
Death
23 Sep 1998 (aged 60)
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Eudene Adcock, 60, Brandon chief of police, died of cancer Friday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.

Services are 11 a.m. today at Brandon United Methodist Church with burial in Floral Hills Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pearl. Ott & Lee Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Chief Adcock was a Neshoba County native and a long time resident of Brandon. His son Ronnie Adcock of Brandon said, "He was a Brandon person. He loved the Brandon people."

He served as a highway patrolman for 22 years, retiring in 1990. While a highway patrolman, he was assistant director of protective services for the Cliff Finch administration, William Winter administration, Bill Allain administration and Ray Mabus administration. He became assistant chief of the Brandon Police Department in 1993.

He was chief of the Police Association. He also was a member of the Retired Troopers Association, Mississippi Law Enforcement Association, Tennessee and Mississippi Law Enforcement Peace Officers Association, the Metro Crime Commission and a board member of Capitol Cities Metro Narcotics Unit.

Chief Adcock enjoyed hunting and fishing. His son Steve Adcock of Madison described him as "very, very outgoing; he lived people and enjoyed helping people. He met everyone with a smile."

He was a member of the John P. Byrd Masonic Lodge.

Other survivors include; wife, Carolyn; brother, Eugene Adcock of Brandon; sister Lafayne Tucker of Madison; and three grandchildren.

The Clarion-Ledger
09-25-1998

Eudene Adcock, 60, Brandon chief of police, died of cancer Friday at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center.

Services are 11 a.m. today at Brandon United Methodist Church with burial in Floral Hills Memory Gardens Cemetery in Pearl. Ott & Lee Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Chief Adcock was a Neshoba County native and a long time resident of Brandon. His son Ronnie Adcock of Brandon said, "He was a Brandon person. He loved the Brandon people."

He served as a highway patrolman for 22 years, retiring in 1990. While a highway patrolman, he was assistant director of protective services for the Cliff Finch administration, William Winter administration, Bill Allain administration and Ray Mabus administration. He became assistant chief of the Brandon Police Department in 1993.

He was chief of the Police Association. He also was a member of the Retired Troopers Association, Mississippi Law Enforcement Association, Tennessee and Mississippi Law Enforcement Peace Officers Association, the Metro Crime Commission and a board member of Capitol Cities Metro Narcotics Unit.

Chief Adcock enjoyed hunting and fishing. His son Steve Adcock of Madison described him as "very, very outgoing; he lived people and enjoyed helping people. He met everyone with a smile."

He was a member of the John P. Byrd Masonic Lodge.

Other survivors include; wife, Carolyn; brother, Eugene Adcock of Brandon; sister Lafayne Tucker of Madison; and three grandchildren.

The Clarion-Ledger
09-25-1998



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105907214/eudene-adcock: accessed ), memorial page for Eudene Adcock (24 Mar 1938–23 Sep 1998), Find a Grave Memorial ID 105907214, citing Floral Hills Memory Gardens, Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi, USA; Maintained by Moriana L. (contributor 46996799).